in my 20's and need to start using eye cream
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free skin care · Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:34 pm

I'm 23 and have been noticing faint fine lines creeping up Sad

I need to start using eye creams but am clueless
What are some good eye creams out there for my age?

free skin care · Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:12 pm

I the Cellcosmet Eye contour and the Kanebo Sensai Cellular performance creams. I prefer creams over gels as they provide more moisture for the skin. Also you can try adding a little vitamin C to the eye area as well. The difficulty of anti aging eye care is that many of the good actives you can use on the skin are not in eye products, or not used in sufficient quantities.

free skin care · Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:07 pm

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I'm 23 and have been noticing faint fine lines creeping up
I need to start using eye creams but am clueless
What are some good eye creams out there for my age?

Hi I'm early twenties as well. IMO you don't need eye creams at all, and almost every derm will tell you that eye creams are exactly the same as products for the face only watered down somewhat and in smaller containers. All you really need to do is just apply a small amount of whatever you use on your face under your eyes.

Best way to get rid of lines is a retinoid/retinol. Best ingredient for dark circles would be ingredients like vitamin K, kojic acid, vitamin C etc. Products that have silicones in them moisturize the skin and "fill in" lines around the eyes.

If you feel you need an eye cream, the ones I like are...

LRP Active C Eyes
Olay Definity Eye Illuminator
Relastin Eye Silk
Peter Thomas Roth Power K Eye Rescue

free skin care · Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:50 am

Ocean14, you have used the Relastin Eye silk, would love to read a review on this product if you have time.

free skin care · Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:40 am

Ocean14 wrote:

IMO you don't need eye creams at all, and almost every derm will tell you that eye creams are exactly the same as products for the face only watered down somewhat and in smaller containers. All you really need to do is just apply a small amount of whatever you use on your face under your eyes.

Definitely. I believe a good antioxidant serum with vitamins A, C and E will be a good choice for younger women in order to prevent future damage around the eyes. It's always easier to prevent lines from forming than erasing them when they have appeared.

You can check out the multivitamin serums from MD Skin care, Dermalogica or Kate Somerville. The face serums contain most likely stronger concentrations of active ingredients than most eye creams. They are also more cost effective alternatives to the smaller tubes of eye creams.

free skin care · Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:47 pm

Yeah... I do concur that most products specifically marketed towards eyes are marketing scams. That said, I am still a pretty big fan of the 100% pure eye cream Smile

. It helps that it's not as expensive as most other eye creams, I think the price is really reasonable and it is a very good product.

Septembergirl wrote:

Ocean14 wrote:

IMO you don't need eye creams at all, and almost every derm will tell you that eye creams are exactly the same as products for the face only watered down somewhat and in smaller containers. All you really need to do is just apply a small amount of whatever you use on your face under your eyes.

Definitely. I believe a good antioxidant serum with vitamins A, C and E will be a good choice for younger women in order to prevent future damage around the eyes. It's always easier to prevent lines from forming than erasing them when they have appeared.

You can check out the multivitamin serums from MD Skin care, Dermalogica or Kate Somerville. The face serums contain most likely stronger concentrations of active ingredients than most eye creams. They are also more cost effective alternatives to the smaller tubes of eye creams.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:16 pm

Neutrogena makes a very nice and reasonably priced eye cream that targets those fine lines. You can find it at most drug stores, which makes it nice, too. It is LIGHT and easy to put concealer over if you need to.

Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:50 am

I'm giving the 100% Pure eye cream a second vote as well. What I suggest is that you also make sure that you use sunblock and maybe incorporate a vit C serum too at this stage to prevent damage. Prevention is better than cure Smile

free skin care · Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:48 am

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Ocean14, you have used the Relastin Eye silk, would love to read a review on this product if you have time.

Hey Bushy,

I've only used the Relastin a couple of times bc my roommate let me borrow it, but from what I could tell it was VERY nice and I do actually believe it can have an effect on elastin around the eye area. I didn't notice it when it was on (which I liked) and their was no shine or anything. I wish I could tell you whether or not it had any effects like firming or not, but I didn't use it regularly, all I know is that I liked the formula.

free skin care · Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:11 am

Definitely. I forgot to mention, I only use this at night. For the day, I wear a sunscreen. Thing is, even though I like this, I don't use this every night. Sometimes I don't use anything at night, sometimes I use something else, sometimes I just use castor oil and that's it. This is just the only product I purchase that is specifically for the eyes.

Mabsy wrote:

I'm giving the 100% Pure eye cream a second vote as well. What I suggest is that you also make sure that you use sunblock and maybe incorporate a vit C serum too at this stage to prevent damage. Prevention is better than cure Smile

free skin care · Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:28 am

BCGirl - IMO you don't need a special eye cream. You can just what ever moisturizer you use for you face. The exception would be if you eye area is significantly dryer then the rest of your face. Eye creams in general don't prevent wrinkles, moisturizer can less the appear of wrinkles but don't make them go away.

I think you would be better off investing in a c serum or antioxidant serum and don't forget to put sunscreen in your eye area daily also. Neutrogena and Clarins both make eye creams w/ stable SPF. I have used both for the SS but they are not moisturizing. But again you really need a special eye SS, I just use what ever I'm using on my face.

free skin care · Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:51 am

Hi Bushy,
do you find Relastin Eye silk attractive?
from the ingredients list here we have 3 silicones at the top of the list and then Zinc, mica (for reflecting light, not? Confused

) and Titanium...
why might you be interested in it? is it worth 69 USD? Confused

Ingredients:
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Zinc Citrate, Mica, Titanium Dioxide

free skin care · Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:54 am

oh, and I used LRP Active C Eye cream, did not like it and ended up using it on my chest. It contains 5% vit.C and was totally useless for fine lines. I doubt also it will be helpful for preventing those. I would suggest a mild vit.C serum instead.

free skin care · Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:15 am

Aiva wrote:

Hi Bushy,
do you find Relastin Eye silk attractive?
from the ingredients list here we have 3 silicones at the top of the list and then Zinc, mica (for reflecting light, not? Confused

) and Titanium...
why might you be interested in it? is it worth 69 USD? Confused

Ingredients:
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Zinc Citrate, Mica, Titanium Dioxide

I wouldn't buy it without seeing some positive reviews on it but it is the only product I have seen that is based around zinc citrate and I just wondered what that would be like.
I don't have a problem with high quality silicones, particularly Cyclopentasiloxane as it dissipates entirely. I had never been a fan of dimethicone but I recently tried some samples of both eye and face creams that had these silicones in them and found that with the day cream, because I massaged it a lot until the silicone feeling had gone, after a couple days of use, a few blackheads that I had just popped out. I am now wondering if this is a good side effect of some silicones?

free skin care · Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:33 am

bushy wrote:

Aiva wrote:

Hi Bushy,
do you find Relastin Eye silk attractive?
from the ingredients list here we have 3 silicones at the top of the list and then Zinc, mica (for reflecting light, not? Confused

) and Titanium...
why might you be interested in it? is it worth 69 USD? Confused

Ingredients:
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Zinc Citrate, Mica, Titanium Dioxide

I wouldn't buy it without seeing some positive reviews on it but it is the only product I have seen that is based around zinc citrate and I just wondered what that would be like.
I don't have a problem with high quality silicones, particularly Cyclopentasiloxane as it dissipates entirely. I had never been a fan of dimethicone but I recently tried some samples of both eye and face creams that had these silicones in them and found that with the day cream, because I massaged it a lot until the silicone feeling had gone, after a couple days of use, a few blackheads that I had just popped out. I am now wondering if this is a good side effect of some silicones?

... it seems I should do a search on zinc citrate now and what benefits it`s supposed to give.

free skin care · Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:08 am

I have also been interested in the Relastin eye cream and face creams because they are recommended by the "skin care guru" Dr Leslie Baumann, and the Relastin Eye Silk was awarded "Best eye cream" by Allure Magazine.

Relastin Eye Silk got an average of 3.5 of 5 stars from 24 reviewers on Skinstore.com. It seems like people either love or hate it.

http://www.skinstore.com/search/Search.aspx?ReviewID=6844

free skin care · Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:27 am

PSF's eye creams are really nice. I especially recommend the Hydrating one.

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